Sounds like another A-12 program. The contractor comes up with a concept and then the Navy jumps in with a bunch of changes that drive up costs and makes the concept unworkable. If I recall correctly, Boeing got a lot of money for fulfilling the A-12 contract long after the program got cancelled.

I can't wait for the GOP to protest this wasteful government spending.

Because when the facts are embarrassing, always go derp.

FTFA:

"The LCS program today is one of our very best programs," Navy Secretary Ray Mabus told the House Armed Services Committee on April 16. "It's coming in under budget. It's coming in on schedule. And it's coming in with capabilities that we have to have.

So who is Liar Ray Mabus? ...

75th United States Secretary of the NavyIncumbentAssumed officeJune 18, 2009President Barack ObamaWhat did he do prior to that?22nd United States Ambassador to Saudi ArabiaIn officeJuly 5, 1994 - April 25, 1996President Bill Clinton

spentmiles:Our defense spending is economical equivalent to China's construction spending. We have our failed F-35s, next gen carriers, and glorified Titanics. They have their empty cities, roads to nowhere, and other nonsense. We're propping up our economy with this BS, but it's about to bite us in the ass. The military budget is nearing the tipping point. In a few years, the military will spend more on owed benefits to prior service members than it will on new projects. That's going to gut the already dead fish of our country. If you thought the last ten years were bad, just wait to see the next ten. I've been socking away every penny getting ready for it. It's sad to think that our parents worked and saved toward the actual goal of enjoying themselves. We're working and saving so we'll have moldy bread and iodine darkened water to drink. We're living in a fantasy right now, but it's about to end.

That was far too reasonable for spentmiles. What have you done with him?!?

Mega Steve:spentmiles: Our defense spending is economical equivalent to China's construction spending. We have our failed F-35s, next gen carriers, and glorified Titanics. They have their empty cities, roads to nowhere, and other nonsense. We're propping up our economy with this BS, but it's about to bite us in the ass. The military budget is nearing the tipping point. In a few years, the military will spend more on owed benefits to prior service members than it will on new projects. That's going to gut the already dead fish of our country. If you thought the last ten years were bad, just wait to see the next ten. I've been socking away every penny getting ready for it. It's sad to think that our parents worked and saved toward the actual goal of enjoying themselves. We're working and saving so we'll have moldy bread and iodine darkened water to drink. We're living in a fantasy right now, but it's about to end.

That was far too reasonable for spentmiles. What have you done with him?!?

I'm curious as to how this report was marked as not being subject to FOIA requests. How many other reports are out there that the public has every right to read and complain about that we're simply not allowed to see? There's no national security threat here, just a lot of lies, bullshiat and the spending based on it being called out.

Even in its surface warfare role, when all armaments are working as intended, the vessel "is only capable of neutralizing" small, fast-attack boats and it "remains vulnerable to ships" with anti-ship cruise missiles that can travel more than five miles (8 kilometers), according to the Perez report.The Littoral Combat Ship is "ill-suited for combat operations against anything but" small, fast boats not armed with anti-ship missiles, the Perez report found.

Harry Freakstorm:Sounds like another A-12 program. The contractor comes up with a concept and then the Navy jumps in with a bunch of changes that drive up costs and makes the concept unworkable. If I recall correctly, Boeing got a lot of money for fulfilling the A-12 contract long after the program got cancelled.

No, TFA points out that the USN wanted a ship that could replace frigates, minesweepers and patrol craft and be capable of antisurface, antimine or antisub operations. They ended up with a ship that can't deal with anything that has weapons with more than 5 miles' range, cannot defend itself against anything but small patrol boats, is so vulnerable a single hit mission kills them, and it takes so long to switch weapon modules that this capability is absolutely useless. Plus, not only is it not affordable (one reason why the USN set the class' survivability at the lowest rating was to reduce cost), it is now costing double what the original cost per ship was estimated to be.

This ship was derided a long time ago back in the USNI's Proceedings magazine as being unable to fulfill its missions or defend itself. Seems like their predictions have come true.

stuartp9:"The Navy is requesting $2 billion to buy four more in the fiscal 2014, half from Bethesda,"

Must be those Skyrim patches that interfered with the design..

More like Fallout.

The important part is to understand that the first release will be full of fatal bugs that make it impossible to finish the war without restarting at least a few times, but over a period of years, they'll get it hammered into something acceptable to users.